Michael Blaker is back with more of Rei and Set’s adventures for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s “Legend Volume 05” by Kannazuki Kou.

Anime Sunday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various anime titles. This week he covers his “Oshi no Ko” Episode 01 Impressions.

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds third episode of season two, an unexpected encounter sends La’an to an alternate timeline where she finds a simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar face with James Kirk. A press of a button sends La’an and Kirk back to 21st century Toronto to thwart a time-traveling assassin bent on destroying the Federation before it can even begin.

Bookish Wednesday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various novels. This week he covers the CivCEO series by Andrew Karevik.

Michael Blaker is back with more great fan fiction for his Synth Saturday column. This week he continues covering the sequel to “Gundam Wing: Journey to a New Battlefield” with Chapters 6-10 of “Gundam Wing: Destiny’s Call” by operation.meteor.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is getting to be known for surprises, but not a lot of viewers were probably expecting to watch an intense legal drama when they tuned in to season two’s second episode. And even more so when it turned out to be one of the best Star Trek legal episodes ever written.

Video Game Tuesday is a column by Michael Blaker covering topics in the industry. This week he covers some of the fastest made video games that were actually hits.

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds first episode of season two, Spock and a select handful of the crew steal the ship, travel to a Klingon-controlled planet, and stop a mining consortium from reigniting the Federation/Klingon War.

Movie Monday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various movies from the past. This week he covers Quigley Down Under.